Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuel

Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuel (3 November 1779-3 December 1866) was a general of Prussia who was later Prime Minister and Minister of War. In 1810 he invented the breaststroke swimming movement.

Biography
Pfuel was commandant of Cologne during the Napoleonic Wars and Governor of Berlin, as well as the Prussian sector of occupation in Paris. In 1848 he crushed the Greater Poland Uprising and he became Minister of War and Prime Minister.